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A .com price freeze through 2024 more likely?
More likely, but not guaranteed. When ICANN published its proposed contract extension with Verisign for the .com contract, it didn’t discuss the question of pricing. .Com prices are currently capped at $7.85 wholesale. The extension, from 2018 ...
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A .com price freeze through 2024 more likely?
More likely, but not guaranteed. When ICANN published its proposed contract extension with Verisign for the .com contract, it didn’t discuss the question of pricing. .Com prices are currently capped at $7.85 wholesale. The extension, from 2018 ...
Discussion
October 7, 2016, 10:54 am
Domain Name Wire
Fashion Company Brave Soul is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
Company filed cybersquatting complaint in abuse of the UDRP. A fashion clothing company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name BraveSoul.com. Complainant Whispering Smith Limited is affiliated with the fa...
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Fashion Company Brave Soul is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
Company filed cybersquatting complaint in abuse of the UDRP. A fashion clothing company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name BraveSoul.com. Complainant Whispering Smith Limited is affiliated with the fa...
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October 6, 2016, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Efty releases “UDRP-safe” landing pages
New options make it harder for potential complainants to show you were trying to sell a domain name. Domain name selling platform Efty has launched new landing page designs that the company says will help prevent UDRP and INDRP (India) losses. While ...
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Efty releases “UDRP-safe” landing pages
New options make it harder for potential complainants to show you were trying to sell a domain name. Domain name selling platform Efty has launched new landing page designs that the company says will help prevent UDRP and INDRP (India) losses. While ...
Discussion
October 6, 2016, 10:59 am
Domain Name Wire
From 10-cent domains to revved up marketing and policy changes, .US might finally go somewhere
The .Us domain name is finally getting some marketing muscle. Hang around American domainers long enough and you’re sure to hear them gripe about .Us. What could the United States’ country code domain name have been had Neustar actually m...
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From 10-cent domains to revved up marketing and policy changes, .US might finally go somewhere
The .Us domain name is finally getting some marketing muscle. Hang around American domainers long enough and you’re sure to hear them gripe about .Us. What could the United States’ country code domain name have been had Neustar actually m...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain name sales including a new TLD for $18,000
A megachurch in Texas and Halliburton both bought domain names last week. Sedo’s biggest public sale over the past week was HotBot.com for $155,000. I wrote about it yesterday, so for this post I’ll focus on another big sale: Celebration....
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14 end user domain name sales including a new TLD for $18,000
A megachurch in Texas and Halliburton both bought domain names last week. Sedo’s biggest public sale over the past week was HotBot.com for $155,000. I wrote about it yesterday, so for this post I’ll focus on another big sale: Celebration....
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 2:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lycos sells HotBot.com for $155,000
Remember HotBot.com? Someone wants to breathe new life into it. Feeling Nostalgic? Lycos has sold the domain name HotBot.com, which has a long and storied history. HotBot has gone through a number of iterations but started as a meta search engine tha...
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Lycos sells HotBot.com for $155,000
Remember HotBot.com? Someone wants to breathe new life into it. Feeling Nostalgic? Lycos has sold the domain name HotBot.com, which has a long and storied history. HotBot has gone through a number of iterations but started as a meta search engine tha...
Discussion
October 4, 2016, 7:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
MarkMonitor is now part of Clarivate Analytics
MarkMonitor itself tipped me off to this new brand. Last Friday I asked “Who is Clarivate?” Some company registered a bunch of domain names through MarkMonitor for this brand. One thought that didn’t cross my mind was that MarkMonit...
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MarkMonitor is now part of Clarivate Analytics
MarkMonitor itself tipped me off to this new brand. Last Friday I asked “Who is Clarivate?” Some company registered a bunch of domain names through MarkMonitor for this brand. One thought that didn’t cross my mind was that MarkMonit...
Discussion
October 4, 2016, 5:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 Notable sales on NameJet last month
From Edamame.com to Playpen.com, here are ten notable sales from NameJet in September. NameJet sold 152* domain names for at least $2,000 last month, totaling $652,000. Here are ten sales from the list that popped out. NTR.com $39,000 – At the ...
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10 Notable sales on NameJet last month
From Edamame.com to Playpen.com, here are ten notable sales from NameJet in September. NameJet sold 152* domain names for at least $2,000 last month, totaling $652,000. Here are ten sales from the list that popped out. NTR.com $39,000 – At the ...
Discussion
October 4, 2016, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com Winners & Losers: A slow month
New .com registrations dropped a bit in June compared to a year ago. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from June. Total new .com registrations this June compared to June 2015 were...
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.Com Winners & Losers: A slow month
New .com registrations dropped a bit in June compared to a year ago. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from June. Total new .com registrations this June compared to June 2015 were...
Discussion
October 4, 2016, 2:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge issues order on IANA transition
Hanks said there was no evidence to prove harm. On Friday, United States District Judge George Hanks in Galveston denied a request for an injunction that would have stopped the United States from allowing its contract with ICANN for IANA functions to...
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Judge issues order on IANA transition
Hanks said there was no evidence to prove harm. On Friday, United States District Judge George Hanks in Galveston denied a request for an injunction that would have stopped the United States from allowing its contract with ICANN for IANA functions to...
Discussion
October 4, 2016, 12:38 pm
